Yup. :D/ Trying to do it by touching the lamp with your finger isn't a good idea.... [-X :mrgreen:
I've got one of those shades, and I've had a problem keeping the shade level, but with a bit of lateral thinking I came up with this solution.! :-k
I could tell that it was brass straight off. :D/ I must get the Brasso out and give my X246B a good polish, it's not looking its best... [-X
Neither my wife or myself mind the smell of paraffin at all and use it in our wick lampses and the Tilley lampses, and we tend not to even notice...
@Tony Press, a good bit of recycling there.! :clap: I think it might be a touch warmer where you are than it is here.! :lol: What a darling little...
A very nice centre piece for your table. :thumbup:
Welcome, I see that you're not very far from Düsseldorf where I lived in the late 80s. :D/ I have forgotten most of the German I once knew, I was...
I must say I like your description of your lamp purring like a kitten... :D/ I forgot all about lighting up my TL106 on Christmas Day as we sat...
I'll have to have a go at polishing my X246B up. :-k
What a wonderful thing to have. :thumbup:
I couldn't say, I only got bitten by the Tilley bug earlier this year. :lol: Most of my oily lamps are Chalwyn wick lanterns. Thanks to the power...
My first Tilley lamp, which was made in August 1977 has speculum plating. [ATTACH]
Do you think it might be our old 'friend' Xyzguys2840 rearing his ugly head under another name. :-k
I would never have guessed that I had to remove the old washer before fitting a new one... :mrgreen:
@Jean J, I've just seen a copy on eBay, and if I win the auction it'll cost me less than a fiver.! :D/
I remember that about twenty years ago I took a book out of the library, it was nothing to do with lighting, and it reached the point where I...
Nice.! :D/ And with my other lighting hat on, is that a mercury vapour discharge lantern I see in the background.? :-k
So, the lantern was made after 1954, but before 1956 when they started to stamp the dates on the fount. :-k
I noticed that the fount has the owl on it... :-k Could that help with the dating.?
Indeed, and replacing a generator is summat that would have been done over the years.
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